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 638 BO T ANY. The Stamina are four, fubulated (44), inferted into D I A N D R I A M O N O G Y N I A. the bafe of the corolla, and inclined to the fame fide ; two ^of them are longer than theothef two: The anthers are Veronica, or Speedwell. divided into two parts, and pointed at the top. ' The Pistillum cohfifts of a germen /harp at the top, The Calix is a perianvhium (18), divided into four a fimple ftylus fituate like the ftamina, and an acute parts Or fegmen^, and perfiftent (i. e. does not fall off ftigma. till the feeds are ripe); the fegments are fliarp and lance- The Pericarpium has an oval capfule, of the fame fhaped. the calix, /harp at the-top, having two cells, The Corolla (ii) confifts of one rotated petal; lengthtwowith valves which burft open at both fides. The tubus (n) is about the fame length with the calix ; andThe Seeds are many and fmall. the limbus {11) is plane, and divided in four oval fegments, the loweft of which is narrower than the reft, TETR.ADYNAMIA SILIQJJOSA. and the one immediately oppofite broader. The Stamina (12) are two, narrower below, and Sinapis, or Mustard. inclined upwards; the antherse (12) are oblong. The Pistillum (12) has acompreffed germen(i2), The Calix is a perianthium confifting of four open or a filiform or thread-like ftylus (12), about the fame length fpreading leaves ; the leaves are linear (43), concave, furwith the ftamina, and a little declined to one fide: The rowed, difpofedin the form of a crofs, and deciduous. ftigma (12) is fimple. The Corolla of four cruciform petals: The ThePERiCARPiuM (12) is aheart-fhapedcapfule, com- petals are roundi/h,confifts plain, open, entire or not emarpireffed at the top, and having two cells or partitions, ginated, with ereift linear ungues (13) fcarcely fo long as and four valves. the calix. The Seeds are roundilh and numerous. The Nectaria (14, <bc.), orglanduhe neflariferx, are of an oval figure, one of which is fituate on each I C O S A N D R I A POLYGAMIA. fidefour, betwixt the Zhort ftamina and ftylus, and likewife one on each fide between the long ftamina and the calix. FragaRia, or Strawberry. The Stamina have fix fubulated, ereft filaments, two are of the fame length with the calix, and alThe Calix is a perianthium, confifting of one plain of which oppofite to each other, and the other four are unileaf, divided into ten fegments, each alternately nar-' ways formly longer: The anthera are ereft, and /harp at rower. top. The Corolla has five roundifh open petals inferted theThe Pistillum has a cylindrical germen; the ftylus into the calix. of the fame length with the germen, and the fame The Stamina are twenty in number, fubulated or isheight the ftamina; the ftigma is entire, with a little tapering> /hotter than the corolla, and inferted into the knob orwith button. calix. The antherse ate lunulated, or ftiaped like a The Pericarpium is an oblong, fcabrous, doublecrefcent. pod, gibbous, and full of little proThe Pistillum confifts of many fmall germina, col- celled, two-valved on the under parts : The di/Tepimentum (29) ledled into a little head or knob. The ftyli are fimple, tuberances is large, comprefled, and often twice the length of the and inferted into the fides of their refpeftive germina. valves. The ftigmata are fimple. The Pertcarpium is wanting in this plant. But The Seeds are many and round. the common receptacle of the feeds, which fuppiiea the place of a pericarpium, is a roundi/h oval berry, plain at MONODELPHIA PGLYANDRIA. the bafe, pretty, large* foft, pulpy, coloured,, and deciduous, /. e. falls off before the feeds be ripe. Malva, or Common Mallow. The Seeds are fmall, pointed, very numerous, and Calix is a double perianthium : The exterior difperfed through the fuperficial part of the receptacle. oneThe confifts of three lanceolated, loofe, perfiftent leaves interior has but one large, broad, perfiftent leaf, diDIBYNAMIA A N GI O S P ER MI A. the vided into five fegments. TheCoROLLA has five plain leaves, united at the bafe, Digitalis, or Fox-glove. heart-lhaped, and premorfe (54). Stamina confift of numerous filaments, united The Calix is a perianthium, divided into four deep intoThea cylindrical form below, loofe above, and inferted cut fegments, which are roundi/h, /harp at the top, perfiftent, and the higheft one is narrower than the reft. into the corolla: The anthers are kidney-ffiaped. The Corolla confifts of one bellfthaped petal; the The Pistxllum has an orbicular germen, a cylintabus"is large, open, ventricofe or bellied at. the back- drical, ftiort ftylus, and many briftly ftigmata of an equal with the ftylus. fide ; the bafe is cylindrical and narrow: The limbus is length fmall, and divided into four fegments; the fuperior feg- The Pericarpium confifts of feveral diftimft capfules aiebt is more open and more emarginated than the reft, joined by an articulation, refembling a deprefied globe, and